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MLC BOARD MINUTES: MARCH 3, 2014 V 2.0
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Jim Manley
Jessica Jannaman
Dave Kippen
Debra Levantrosser
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DATE, TIME, and LOCATION
Date:
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March 3
1:00 – 5:00 PM
ROLES
Leader: Jim Manley
Dennis Sergent
Mike Taubitz
Eric Walters
Betsy Williams
Rich Wolin
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Clarke
Lauren Stewart
Call in Line:
712-775-7000
Code: 306172#
Location:
Henry Center
3535 Forest Rd
Lansing, MI 48910
Timekeeper: Mike Taubitz
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Recorder: Mike / Lauren
MEETING PURPOSE
Face to Face Meeting
GUESTS and OTHER PARTICIPANTS
PRE-WORK
Review Bylaws in Dropbox (latest is comments from Debra) and be prepared to approve
ACTION
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LEADER
Welcome and roll call
Approve Minutes
Bylaw approval
Budget / Finance
2015-2020 Strategic Plan
Annual Conference
“Walk-in” issues
Wrap up and adjourn
LEGEND:
C = Consensus
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D = Decision
I = Information
Next meeting: March 21 Noon – 1:00 PM Call
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Mike
Clarke
Jim
Jessica
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Start: 1:04PM
Adjourn: 4:55PM
Note: Action Items are in bold
 Introductions and roll call
 Minutes – motion to approve by Eric, Dave-2nd - unanimous
o Most important issue from last meeting was Board approval of prep class to learn lean
as well as being prepped for SME certification project – begins in April
 $250 student –Demmer (10) and Emergent (6) along with a couple from SOM
 Pay instructor $100 / hour
 Emergent located in Lansing
o Pilot project – will evaluate success before advertising
o 7 instructional sessions of two hours each and one day for test
 Bylaws
o Check election process and addition of President
o Freeze Board until 2015, then start three year cycle
 People run for Board – not a position
 Dennis becomes Chair in 2015 – only one who will be on Board with a
specific position
 Mike to review and resend for final look
 Will use E-signature for approval
 Congrats to Clarke, Debra and Julianne for their work on attaining 501c3
 Rich – reciprocal agreement between MLC and Northwest Michigan Consortium group to allow
NWC members to receive same member benefits
 Agreement has expired – need to work with someone who deals with membership
 Keep relationship of MLC and NMC as is and make future relationship part of strategy
 Review agreement – make any adjustments and take to Board; Rich will recuse himself
from vote
 Clark to coordinate with Rich
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 Budget and Finance
 Clarke – sent email on Finance
 $30K in bank
 Joined Automation Alley for $250 last Friday
 Have a budget - Clarke is only concerned about sponsorships
 Budget based on 2013 with 10% increase
 $3k under budget currently; With Amway membership in January, we got $9700
 Need thank you letters and maybe a certificate – who is doing this?
Membership liaison ?
 Handout organizational certificates at Annual Conference
 Fiscal year is Jan – Dec 31
 Budget and Strategic Plan must be aligned
 Two litmus tests –
 aligned with strategy
 Set budget limit – e.g. . Event Committee can spend up to $500
 Present Strategic Plan at Annual Conference for feedback
 Getting large organizations to join must be focus
 Mike will link Clarke with Larry Osentoski who has volunteered to review
MLC accounting system
 Annual Conference – Jessica
 Registration rates set
 Save the Date going out again.- newsletter went out today
 Hotels list being finalized
 Wine tasting on Aug 6
 Keynote is hot topic – Mike Rother and Governor Snyder have been approached
 Registration open end of March
 Wednesday –winery
 Thursday – start earlier
 Friday – end about 2PM
 Lauren updating website, including registration
 Slide – recognizing new organizational members (Jim)
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 Strategy
 Need hard copy to send before Annual Conference – perhaps July Newsletter
 Let Annual Conference participants think about how they fit into plan – seeking
membership and more events – Call to Action by Jim during Conference
 Needs ½ hour – committee will ensure this on the agenda
 Reviewed Mission – efforts should match Mission and Vision – may be modified after
developing ideas for strategic plan
 Vision is too broad – not focused on MLC’s role. What do we want to become?
 Eric – primary source or acknowledged leader for lean efforts in SOM
 Vision nonprofit, open source, source for developing lean leaders, significant
impact, not competing with MMTC, notoriety, household name, well known,
clearinghouse, go-to for leader education/transformation, primary,
acknowledged leader, first stop, homepage.
 Mission – a resource, networking, assisting, lead change, developing lean
leaders, creating lean thinkers
Strategy Thought Starters – discussion facilitated by Jim
1) Funding
a) Memberships
i) Organizations
ii) individuals
b) Events
i) Monthly
ii) Special
c) Annual Conference
d) Grants
e) Donations
f) Projects
g) Sponsorships
h) Review or Preparation Classes
i) Merchandise
j) Publications
k) Speaker Bureau
l) Advertising and Branding
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m) Endorsements
n) CEU
o) Investments
p) Instructional Videos
2) Outreach
a) Education
b) Events: 11 events, 50 events
c) Organizational Partnerships
d) Collaboration with other Professional Organizations:
e) Student Chapters: 1 MSU, 7-10, Kettering, Oakland, UM, WMU
f) Projects
g) Regional Membership Chapters
h) Webinars
i) Additional Conferences (Kata 2015)
j) Other State / Regional / National Lean Organizations
k) Guest Speakers
l) Mentoring / Coaching
3) Membership Growth and Development: 660 individuals, 12 Organizational membership.
2020: 2500 individuals ($25,000) , 50 Organizational members ($75,000)
a) Career Fairs
b) Public Speaking Opportunities
c) Provide Membership Benefits to Other Professional Organizations
4) Marketing and Advertisement
a) Web Site
b) Linked IN
c) Facebook
d) Twitter
e) Blogging
f) Newsletter
g) Print Media
h) Television
i) Podcast (Leaning Edge)
j) Press Releases
k) Ambassadors
l) Radio
 Jim, Clarke, Debra and possibly Dennis to work on a draft of vision, mission, 2014
and 2015 priorities to be ready for April 4 Advisory Board meeting
 Need location for April 4 Advisory Board Meeting (Debra)
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Leaning Edge Broadcast
o Debra is looking for ideas on new people to interview
o Need to advertise and need Board members and others to listen to show that
people are listening
Jim asked that we begin to think about how to reduce workload of Treasurer and
move to having a combined position of Secretary Treasurer – goal is be ready for
2015 election
Mike volunteered to lead development of MLC Speaker’s Bureau
Motion to Adjourn by Jim, second by Dave - unanimous
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